Where's Lakewood? If necessary, I could stop in and offer professional (not!) advice and drink your beer this weekend. But I have a feeling it's too far from Youngstown.

I have about 6 varieties of hops, so I'm no expert, but I can recognize 'em when I see 'em.

Ha. Lakewood is just west of Cleveland. I kinda feel stupid that I've been babying these weeds. I planted 1 cascade, 1 centennial, and 2 willamette rhizomes so I'm guessing that's my centennial in the corner.

These weeds are all growing almost exactly where I planted the rhizomes. Ugh. And you are right as I have 3 tomato plants near my weeds.

Hops send out suckers thats what is going on I don't see many weeds their, typically if it was witch grass, crab grass, or any other grass i would remove it from around the hop vines, also during the fall, and winter time when your hops die back, you can cover them with weed barrier to keep weeds out, removed during the spring time.

Hops send out suckers thats what is going on I don't see many weeds their, typically if it was witch grass, crab grass, or any other grass i would remove it from around the hop vines, also during the fall, and winter time when your hops die back, you can cover them with weed barrier to keep weeds out, removed during the spring time.